Cinder-guard.



D. FUNSTEN.

CINDER GUARD. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 9, I915.

. 1,171,033. Patented Feb.8,1916.

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ms ma DAVID FUNSTEN, or WASHINGTON, ms'rnior or COLUMBIA.

GINDER-GUARDQ I Application filedOctober 9, 1915.

To all whom it may concern vised which combines with the side shields,

a top shield so as to form a hood surrounding three sides of the individual windows. The old form of guard. which employs a side shield alone, is 'good'enough as far as it goes, but does not protect against cinders or small particles coming from above. The hood type, above referred to, was devised for the purpose of remedying this defect,

but it also is faulty in that the top shields or guards are stationary, and are usually so high above the lower edge of the window sash that they do not effectively out off cinders from above.

In carrying out. my invention, I make use of side shields and also a shield to obstruct or cut off cinders coming from above,

but differing from those heretofore employed in that the lateral shield, or the one designed to deflect the cinders from above, is movable up and down with the window sash, and preferably so extends outward from the lower cross-frame thereof that its outer edge will be as'near the level of the bottom of the window sash, when raised, as possible without unduly obstructing the view. Such construction provides the most eiiicient arrangement for protection against cinders and the like in that the top or lateral shield is always as near the topof the actual opening of the window as it is possible to make it. Inasmuch as car window sashes are never raisedmore than half way up, a top shield of this kind is twice as effective, when the sash is thus raised, as one which extends permanently outward from' a point above the top of the window.

In order to more particularly describe my invention, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevation of a railway coach equipped with cinder guards embodying one form of my invention; Fig. 2, a horizontal section along line Specification of Letters Patent.

Serial No. 55,090. 9 I

. in i i: 5 n c ah. enl r ged vertical sectiontaken on line 33- -33, Fig. 1; Fig. 4, a fragmentary detail horizontal section of a modification of a form ofmy invention shown in the preceding figures, and,

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Fig. 5, a similar view of still another form of said invention. My invention in the form 1 to 3, inclusive, comprises, among other parts, side shields 1 fast respectively to the shown in Figs.

outside of the panels 2 between adjacent car windows." These shieldsin the form here shown arepreferably of metal-and V- shaped in cross-section, with their'apices extending outward from the car; This is an old form of side shield and nothing here is 'claimednew for this eleme'nt'in itself.

Myjinvention consists, in the form shown,

in combining with these side shields intermediate or lateral shields 3-made fast to the lower cross-frame ofthe window sash and adapted to travel up and down therewith between the side shields. In the form shown in Figs. 1 to 3, inclusive, these lateral shields are'provided each with a flange i extending at an angle therefrom and made fast inany desired way to the window sash, and the opposite edges of these shields are upturned as at 5 and v6 to deflect the cinders and dust, and prevent them from entering between the end of the lateral shield and the side shields. If desired, however, these upturned edges may be omitted.

The lateralv hields 3 make a sliding fit with the side shields 1, so that when the windows are raised and lowered, the lateral shields will rise and fall therewith. It will therefore be seen that when a window is opened, as shown on the right Fig. 1, for

example, the lateral shield will be in a much this respect in proportion to the lowering of the window sash.

In the form of my invention shown in Fig. 4, the. side shields are in the form ofindividual plates 7, which extend straight out from the sides of the car, and are provided with flanges 8 for attachment to-the car panel. In this form of the invention, the lateral shields 3 are slightly difierent in contour to adapt them to the different form of side shield employed.

In the form of my invention shown in Fig. 5, the side shields are in the form of vertical plates 9 attached to the inner edges of the window panels. In this form of the invention, the lateral shields 3 are rectangular; that is, have not the side wings or extensions which are necessary in the above described forms of the invention.

1' have herein shown and described only a few of the many forms which my invention may assume without departing from the spirit thereof.

What I claim is: i r r 1. The combination with a car having awindow provided with a vertically movable sash, of a cinder guard comprising a lateral shield extending across the window and outward therefrom and movable up and down by'the windowrsash, and a substantially vertical shield extending outward from the side of the car in close Proximity to an end of said lateral shield.

2. The combination with a car having windows provided with vertically movable sashes, of a cinder guard comprising a substantially vertical stationary shield located adjacent the side of a window and extending outward from the side of the car, and a lateral shield secured to the sash of said window near its bottom, extending outwardly therefrom and adapted to be moved up and down by said sash in a path substantially parallel to said side shield and adjacent thereto.

3. The combination with a car having window provided with vertically movable sashes, of a cinder guard comprising substantially vertical stationary shields located between adjacent windows and extending outward from the side of the car, and a lateral shield secured to the window sash near its bottom,.lying in a plane intersecting that of said vertical shields and movable up and down tlierebetween by the raising and lowering of said sash.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

DAVID FUNSTEN.

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